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Aurora

by Kye Alfred Hillig

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1.
Which Way is West? (free) 03:13
You thought that you could hide your love away Up in the attic in some darkened place But it’s your eyes, they tell the truth They say the things that you don’t want them to So it’s up to the hillside where you led me, dear Promising you would leave me here I see the gallows, but where’s the noose? Somehow your heart got away from you Scattering birds when we embrace Out from the cage to some higher space You can shoot them from Heaven for the wings they grew But you can’t run away from what’s after you Up through the garden like unwanted weeds Against the odds, against decree But I ain’t afraid when I hold your face There’s a light so bright that I can’t turn away
2.
Spades (free) 03:25
I would fall on the sword long before you ever saw the blade More, I want more, more of you than I can take And oh, what have I done to be the lucky one? I’ve got you in spades What is death? I have to ask after all you gave Did I finally blow out enough candles on my birthday cake? In this life, what is right? And what did I do wrong? Because my heart got torn different ways, Dragged through days and yearned through years Till you held me, dear And kept me singing
3.
A Girl Like an Ostrich (free) 01:38
Met her in a park on a Saturday night Saturday in mid-October October of the worst year of my life Oh God, I hope that it’s over And oh no, baby, don’t go! Maybe you need time to get sober And oh no, baby, don’t go! Baby, don’t say that it’s over Kissed on the couch that fell into the sea The Sea that we used to swim in We swam till the waves crashed onto the beach And the vampires started singing Bought a little house, two stories tall Two children playing jacks on the pavement You cried in the closet till I broke through the wall Then everybody knew you were leaving Packed up your bags and you moved on out Moved out to find a brand new flavor The flavor of drugs and sex and pain And now you act as if we’re total strangers
4.
The final church bell now has rung Another man stands in his place A million whores lie in his bed But his heart’s been out of state And Heaven only knows why he dressed in chains Walked over coals and laid down in flames Maybe, Darling, it’s so you’d remember his name... Cause a voice was crying out Something so depraved What’s long kept you from your rest? Who told you to behave? Cause there’s a man inside your shoes And you’re leaving him behind To moan out the lonesome blues And flounder in the night
5.
Different Roads (free) 02:37
Can I call you dear? Just close your eyes And I’ll take you away to a better life Down to the stream Try not to fall I could have caught you, goddammit all! Don’t get out of the car Don’t walk out of my life Don’t close the tomb, Darling, I need the light It’s these different roads They’ll eat you alive Sweet lord! I want you! Do you want me by your side? Your fragile face In my broken hands Forgive these words; they broke free and ran Let’s pitch a tent Stay for a year What is this thing that draws us nearer?
6.
You’ve got those lonesome hands on me And we both know what it means Like some godless hunter’s call You fix a meal/ I touch your breasts We wonder how much time is left But life won’t let me stay “But how long till the heart is free?” You ask this piece of meat Please clear the fog; I want to see that which calls to me Like a cloaked figure on the dawn We’re dancing young under Christmas lights The gentle warmth of an evening wine A woman’s loving flesh They’ve got the law on their side But it don’t make a better life No, God blessed the wolf instead
7.
The Great Translator (free) 03:05
Bless the ocean Bless the day Bless these weary hearts so broken They came up empty Bottles and chains Someone told them they’re good for nothing From the alley to the door All the stray cats, they come for Darling From the perch high on greedy claims They watch the hopeless make sad religion I think we need a great translator To close the captions off/to bring those dead boats in Come the answer Come the time Will there always be those with nothing? Reaching hands towards a loveless sky To a God who don’t speak they’re language
8.
Trapdoor (free) 02:30
Could have had a twin/ seven pounds of life Could have been born all bent and broken and quickly died Could have drove the car they’re lifting from the lake But when I got drunk I thought I’d walk the rest of the way You could of had it all You almost had it all But sometimes the trapdoor opens and we just fall You could have made it out, but no one makes it through So do I look like the luckier man to you? Could have lost my mind instead of other kids Could have been sleeping every freezing night under the bridge They could have shot me up for trying to get by When I lost my job and I was down and couldn’t get a ride I could have had it all We almost had it all But sometimes the trapdoor opens and we just fall We could have made it out, but no one makes it through So do I look like the luckier man to you?
9.
William Anderson Dean makes a plea for vacation But gets spoiled meat Eat with your fork, Mr. Dean William Anderson Dean jumps out through the window Brains all on the street Much to his waiting relief He sings, “Do you really like me? Yes, I believe you love me Who took the fire and gave me Dentyne? Hey, a tiny tiger looks good over your daughter But that don’t make it good to leave them in peace” William Anderson Dean: A western tuxedo With no limousine To drive his mother to drink William Anderson Dean, his back country sister Money for missing teeth Pours a glass of milk down the sink And sings, “Do you really like me? Yes, I believe you love me Who took the fire and gave me Dentyne Hey, a tiny tiger looks good over your daughter But that don’t make it good to leave them in peace”
10.
Ryan St. Housing (free) 03:30
I’m coming downstairs You better let me in Unfold those black wings you’ve been hiding in Bring me that softer light And kissing goodnight, pull me in The creaking floor boards Oh, how the water moans I keep on calling you, “Oh, Darling, please come home!” But if it’s a ghost that you want I’ve got some sheets to cut hauntingly Shed that dress, dear Shed that dragging day I ain’t your jailer This ain’t your father’s wake And who told you love is a crime? I hope you spat in their eye Run to me Through kitchen windows we watch the winter fall Let down your hair, girl Let those tigers paw And if you stay the night I’ll give you the fuck of your life, Shoes and all To bearclaw bathtubs where lovers drained in cold And when they found them there was nothing but bones And if you must capitalize on the love in our eyes, blind me please Cause in rolls the reaper, slowly undressing thin He wants our lantern He wants out wolfish grin But I want a horse with no reins I want a love you can’t sell, holding true
11.
God Bless, Goodnight (free) 03:05
Will there be a day when I am satisfied? When all these things gone wrong start seeming right? And will there be a day when the life I left behind don’t come across my mind in weeping waves? And oh lord how I tried To make peace with what’s becoming of my life Some words that went unsaid could put this infantry to bed And could make the next streetwalking whore my wife God bless, goodnight Is there anyone who hears me talking in my sleep? Who sees me walking in a dream just like the dead? Cause when that big alarm starts ringing down the hall, I don’t ask anyone at all, I just hit the deck

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released April 8, 2012

All songs by Kye Alfred Hillig

Produced and mixed by James Resch at The Loft, Buckley, WA, December 2011-March 2012

Mastered by Levi Seitz at Black Belt Mastering, Seattle, WA.

Additional Musicians:
James Resch
Tracy Hagen

Cover Photo by Scott Haydon: scotthaydon.com
Art Design by Barry Blankenship: barrytheartguy.com

For show info and more, find Kye on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/kyealfredhilligmusic

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Kye Alfred Hillig Tacoma, Washington

Lost his family in a house fire, but saved his guitar. Plays songs his family’s never heard. (Tacoma, WA Singer-Songwriter)

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